Orange Mound
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Memphis City Council Committee Meetings: October 20, 2026
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building. So, what we're looking at is the weekday uh nonprofit rental rate. Um, so normally the cost would be for 210 hours at $281.25 would be approximately 59,000 a year. U roller derby was receiving a rate at approximately right around 42.86 and so thus there was an 84% subsidy there. Now, um, couple of things that that are important to note for Davis Community Center. This is a location that not only we've uh secured for practices for roller derby but also for skate schools. So what that means is uh for the first time in at least under my tenure uh we will offer not only uh practices to roller derby in a Memphis community center um in in the university district mess bun but also skate school for 18 and up. So our goal through this process is to really activate the community center in a way in which we are bringing more skaters into the community. We are introducing more skaters to what roller derby does and ultimately we hope more members of the community skate. Memphis is a skating community. We we've done it at Crystal Palace, Raleigh skating rink and historically we're skating on wood floors, gymnasium floors simp simply and so we will do that at Davis Community Center. Um now I want to uh also move to the next page just to talk a little bit about bouts. Okay. So, um, I've listed just a couple of locations. Orange Mound could be a third location where bouts could be hosted on a Saturday. Keep in mind the Memphis Parks is, uh, typically has hours on Saturday of 9:00 a.m. and until 1:00 p.m. Typically, historically, uh, roller derby has bouts that will start in the afternoon around 4:00 and then if they have a second bout, it will be about six o'clock. And so we have an example where uh if they were to use Davis or Gaston Community Center, which we've provided a a permit for, the annual rate without a subsidy would be $6,000. And so we don't Yeah. Without we